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How to Achieve Balanced Financial Reporting with Automated Document Splitting in the New SAP G/LMitresh KundaliaQuality Systems & Software
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What We’ll Cover …
• Document Splitting — Overview• Document Splitting — Basic Steps• Document Splitting — Important Elements• Document Splitting — How Does It Work?• Document Splitting — Setting Up• Wrap-up
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Document Splitting — Overview
• New General Ledger (or new G/L) in the SAP ERP system offers a powerful feature known as document splitting
• With document splitting, accounting line items are split according to specific characteristics
For example, Profit Center, Segment• This way, you can create financial statements for entities such as
Segments and meet legal requirements For example, International Accounting Standards (IAS) requirements for segment reporting
IAS 14 relates to segment-level financial reporting. The key objective is to report financial information by lines of business and/or by geographical areas.
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• Sample Financial TransactionLet me illustrate the concepts of document splitting using a simple financial transaction of Vendor Invoice
Vendor Invoice of $11,000.00 for two purchases and taxesTwo purchases belong to two different profit centers
Account Description Amount Profit Center
Vendor A/C -11,000
Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1
Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2
Input Tax 1,000
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• This document is not balanced for a characteristic Profit CenterYou cannot analyze the financial transactions for individual profit centers
You cannot identify the amount of, for example, Input Tax for each profit center
Similarly, this document is not balanced for Vendor A/C
Account Description Amount Profit Center
Vendor A/C -11,000
Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1
Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2
Input Tax 1,000
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• Let’s look at the purchases more closely — the Profit Center ratios for purchases
The total purchases were in the ratio of 80%-20%
Vendor A/C $11,000
PC – 1 $8,800
PC – 2$2,200
80%
20%
Input Tax$1,000
PC – 1 $ 800
PC – 2$ 200
80%
20%
Total
PC – 1
PC – 2
80%
20%
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• Vendor Invoice Document — AlternativeIf the original vendor invoice document was posted as shown below using the ratios, you also receive the analysis for the profit centers
Account Description Amount Profit CenterVendor A/C -8,800 PC-1Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1Input Tax 800 PC-1
Vendor A/C -2,200 PC-2
Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2
Input Tax 200 PC-2
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• Alternative ways to post Vendor InvoiceComparison of Vendor Invoice DocumentsBoth documents are financially balanced — total net zeroDocument #1 is not balanced for Profit CenterDocument #2 is balanced for Profit Center
Document 2 – Balanced for Profit CenterAccount Description Amount Profit CenterVendor A/C -8,800 PC-1
Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1
Input Tax 800 PC-1
Vendor A/C -2,200 PC-2
Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2
Input Tax 200 PC-2
Document 1 – Not Balanced for Profit CenterAccount Description Amount Profit
CenterVendor A/C -11,000
Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2
Input Tax 1,000
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• Vendor Invoice Document — Balanced for Profit CenterSo that the document is balanced for the specific characteristic(in this example, Profit Center)
The accounting lines for Vendor and Input Taxes are split according to the pre-defined criteriaThe splitting-criteria for Vendor accounts is Purchase expenses
This method of splitting accounting items is document splittingAccount Description Amount Profit CenterVendor A/C -8,800 PC-1Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1Input Tax 800 PC-1
Vendor A/C -2,200 PC-2
Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2Input Tax 200 PC-2
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Document Splitting — Overview (cont.)
• Document splitting in the new G/LNew G/L offers AUTOMATIC document splitting
Instead of analysts manually splitting the accounting items, system automatically splits the documentYou can configure the rules for document splitting
Account Description
Amount Profit Center
Vendor A/C -8,800 PC-1Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1Input Tax 800 PC-1
Vendor A/C -2,200 PC-2Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2Input Tax 200 PC-2
Account Description
Amount Profit Center
Vendor A/C -11,000Purchases 1 8,000 PC-1Purchases 2 2,000 PC-2Input Tax 1,000
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What We’ll Cover …
• Document Splitting — Overview• Document Splitting — Basic Steps• Document Splitting — Important Elements• Document Splitting — How Does It Work?• Document Splitting — Setting Up• Wrap-up
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Document Splitting — Basic Steps
• Document splitting consists of three steps:Passive splittingActive splitting — rule-based splittingSplitting using zero balancing
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The rules for passive splitting are pre-defined in the system and cannot be changed.
Document Splitting — Basic Steps (cont.)
• Passive splittingA passive split is used during clearing transactions (for example, payment transaction)
The system creates a reference to the existing account assignments; these account assignments are used as a basis for the line items to be splitFor example, during the document splitting for a vendor payment transaction, the system uses rules from the vendor invoice
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Document Splitting — Basic Steps (cont.)
• Active splittingAlso known as rule-based splittingThe system splits the documents on the basis of pre-defined splitting rulesAs described in the Vendor Invoice transaction, accounting items are split according to the ratios of purchase accounts
The SAP ERP system is delivered with many pre-defined rules If standard splitting rules are not sufficient or you need to enhance the functionality, you can create your own splitting rules
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Document Splitting — Basic Steps (cont.)
• Splitting using zero balancingZero balancing the document ensures the document is balanced and that the document is also balanced for specific characteristics For example:
The document is balanced per the Segment characteristicThe document is balanced per the Profit Center characteristic
You can define the characteristics that are used for zero balancing
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Document Splitting — Basic Steps (cont.)
• Splitting using zero balancing — ExampleThe financial document is also balanced for the Profit Center characteristic System creates additional adjustment line items usingZero Balancing Account
Account Description
Amount ProfitCenter
A/C 1001 123.45 PC-1
A/C 2002 -123.45 PC-2
Account Description Amount ProfitCenter
A/C 1001 123.45 PC-1
A/C 9999 – Zero Balancing account
-123.45 PC-1
A/C 9999 – Zero Balancing account
123.45 PC-2
A/C 2002 -123.45 PC-2
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What We’ll Cover …
• Document Splitting — Overview• Document Splitting — Basic Steps• Document Splitting — Important Elements• Document Splitting — How Does It Work?• Document Splitting — Setting Up• Wrap-up
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Document Splitting — Important Elements
• Let’s first understand some of the basic elements before delving into the details
Splitting rulesItem categoriesBusiness transactions Business transaction variantsSplitting methods
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Splitting rulesThe splitting rules define two things: Which accounting items are split?
In our example of Vendor Invoice, the Vendor and Input Tax items need to be split
What calculations are used to split based on specific accounting items?
Used the calculations of 80%-20% based on Expense Items
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Splitting rules for financials transactionsSplitting rules for Vendor Invoice
Vendor and tax items are accounting items to be splitExpense items are the base items
Splitting rules for Customer Invoice Customer items to be splitRevenue items to be the base items
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Item categoriesItem category is the grouping of new G/L Accounts Instead of defining the splitting rules for all expense accountsindividually, the item category groups all expense accounts (forexample, 20000) together
You could have one rule for all expenses
Note: Item categories are pre-defined in the system
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Item categories (cont.)Item categories are pre-defined in the system
Category Description Category Description01000 Balance Sheet Account 05200 Withholding Tax
01001 Zero Balance Posting (Free Balancing Units)
06000 Material
01100 Company Code Clearing 07000 Assets
01300 Cash Discount Clearing 20000 Expenses
02000 Customer 30000 Revenue
02100 Customer: Special G/L Transaction
40100 Cash Discount (Expense/Revenue/Loss)
03000 Vendor 40200 Exchange Rate Difference
03100 Vendor: Special G/L Transaction 80000 Customer-Specific Item Category
04000 Cash Account
05100 Taxes on Sales/Purchases
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Business transaction/business transaction variantA business transaction is a general breakdown of an actual business processExamples of business transactions are Vendor Invoice, Customer Invoice, Cash Payment, and moreA business transaction variant is a specific version of a business transaction provided by SAPThere are various business transaction variants already defined in the systemIn Financial Accounting, various document types are linked to the business transactions and business transaction variants
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Splitting methodThe splitting method is the main key used to activate splitting in the new G/L
It’s the main driver for document splittingIt’s the list of all splitting rules for all business transactionsTechnically, it’s a collection of splitting rules, business transactions, business transaction variants
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Document Splitting — Important Elements (cont.)
• Splitting method (cont.)SAP ERP systems are predelivered with Splitting Method 0000000012 Document Type
(KR)
Splitting Method(0000000012)
Business Transaction (Vendor Invoice 0300)
+ Business Transaction Variant
(Standard variant 0001)
• Item Categories to Split(Vendor 03000)(Tax 05100)
• Base Item Categories(Expenses 20000)
Splitting Rules
The values and descriptions in () parentheses are sample values.
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What We’ll Cover …
• Document Splitting — Overview• Document Splitting — Basic Steps• Document Splitting — Important Elements• Document Splitting — How Does It Work?• Document Splitting — Setting Up• Wrap-up
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Document Splitting — Example 1
• Document splitting examples – Vendor InvoiceVendor Invoice for two purchases
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Document Splitting — Example 1 (cont.)
• Document splitting examples – Vendor Invoice (cont.)Document splitting – Entry View
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Document Splitting — Example 1 (cont.)
• Document splitting examples – Vendor Invoice (cont.)Document splitting – General Ledger View
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Document Splitting — Example 1 (cont.)
• Document splitting examples – Vendor Invoice (cont.)Document splitting – General Ledger View
Sub-totals on the Segment characteristic
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Document Splitting — Example 2
• Document Splitting Examples – Vendor PaymentVendor Payment – Entry View
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Document Splitting — Example 2 (cont.)
• Document Splitting Examples – Vendor Payment (cont.)Vendor Payment – General Ledger View
The payable lines (AP-domestic account 160000) are created using Passive document splitting rules
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Document Splitting — Example 3
• Document Splitting Examples – Re-post TransactionRe-post Cash Transaction – Entry View
Adjust the Petty cash between two profit centers
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Document Splitting — Example 3 (cont.)
• Document Splitting Examples – Re-post Transaction (cont.)Re-post Cash Transaction – General Ledger View
Adjust the Petty cash between two profit centers
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Document Splitting — End-User Perspective
• From the end-user perspective, the requirement is that the splitting should happen automatically – without user intervention
The split items for vendor a/C are for internal reporting only The Vendor Item should still show one item for external reporting
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Document Splitting — End-User Perspective (cont.)
• Document splitting – End-user Perspective• The great feature of the document splitting in the new G/L is that it
does not change the operative procedures from the user perspective
There is practically no change to the entry procedures, but, at the same time, provides the break-down of accounting items to meet the specific reporting requirements
• You can view the document two ways: Entry View, as seen during data entryGeneral Ledger View, as seen with document splitting
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What We’ll Cover …
• Document Splitting — Overview• Document Splitting — Basic Steps• Document Splitting — Important Elements• Document Splitting — How Does It Work?• Document Splitting — Setting Up• Wrap-up
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Document Splitting — Setup
• Configuration setup for document splitting1. Classify the G/L accounts2. Classify document types3. Define the zero balance clearing account4. Define document splitting characteristics5. Define document splitting characteristics for the CO module6. Define constants for nonassigned processes7. Activate document splitting
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Document Splitting — Setup (cont.)
• Document splitting – SetupThe IMG menu path for document splitting configuration
IMG: Financial Accounting (New) General Ledger Accounting (New) Business Transactions Document Splitting
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Step 1: Classify G/L Accounts
• One of the first steps in configuring document splitting is to assign the item categories to the G/L accounts for your Chart ofAccounts
• Assign the item categories for the G/L accountsInstead of assigning item categories by individual accounts, it is recommended that you use a range of accounts
• Note that the splitting rules are defined for items categories (for the items to be split and also base category items)
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Step 1: Classify G/L Accounts (cont.)
• Note that Item Categories are pre-defined in the system
Category Description Category Description
01000 Balance Sheet Account 05200 Withholding Tax
01001 Zero Balance Posting (Free Balancing Units)
06000 Material
01100 Company Code Clearing 07000 Assets
01300 Cash Discount Clearing 20000 Expenses
02000 Customer 30000 Revenue
02100 Customer: Special G/L Transaction
40100 Cash Discount (Expense/Revenue/Loss)
03000 Vendor 40200 Exchange Rate Difference
03100 Vendor: Special G/L Transaction 80000 Customer-Specific Item Category
04000 Cash Account
05100 Taxes on Sales/Purchases
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Step 2: Classify Document Types
• To ensure that every relevant financial transaction is considered for document splitting, categorize the document types according to specific business transaction variants
• Assign business transaction and business transaction variants for the document types
• Notes: Standard SAP document types are already defined with appropriate valuesMake sure that you classify the custom Z document types
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Step 2: Classify Document Types (cont.)
• Assign Business Transaction/Business Transaction Variants
Step 3: Define the Zero Balance Clearing Account
• Define a G/L account to be used for creating zero balance splitting for the characteristics
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Step 4: Define Document Splitting Characteristics
• Define the characteristics for which the document splitting rules apply
• Additionally:Specify if you want to use zero balancing Indicate if this characteristic is mandatory
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Step 4: Define Document Splitting Characteristics (cont.)
• SegmentsIf you are planning to use the Segment characteristic, define the segments in the IMG and assign the segments to profit centers
IMG Menu path to define Segments: IMG Enterprise Structure Definition Financial Accounting Define Segment
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Step 5: Define Document Splitting Characteristics for CO
• Define the splitting characteristics for Controlling (CO) processesThe additional characteristics are for processes such as:
Cash DiscountsExchange Rate Differences
• Define the post-capitalization of Cash Discounts to AssetsYou may need to capitalize the cash discounts for the purchases related to fixed assetsDefine post-capitalization of Cash Discounts for assets purchases
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Step 6: Define Constants for Nonassigned Processes
• Define the default account assignments (for example, default segments)
• Define the defaults when the system cannot determine the characteristics for the processes
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Step 7: Activate Document Splitting
• SAP ERP system is delivered with pre-defined method 0000000012
• Once activated, the document splitting is active at the client levelYou can selectively de-activate document splitting for specific company code(s)
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Step 7: Activate Document Splitting (cont.)
• Review rulesReview Splitting rules – Item categories to be split and base item categories
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What We’ll Cover …
• Document Splitting — Overview• Document Splitting — Basic Steps• Document Splitting — Important Elements• Document Splitting — How Does It Work?• Document Splitting — Setting Up• Wrap-up
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• New G/L Papers published by Mitresh Kundalia“Achieve Balanced Reporting by Automating Document Splitting in the New G/L” (SAP Financials Expert, June 2007).“Unearth the Hidden Secrets of Zero-Balancing in the New G/L”(SAP Financials Expert, July/August 2007).“Use Document Simulation in the New G/L to See How the System Posts G/L Documents” (SAP Financials Expert, May 2007).“Quick Tip: De-activate Document Splitting for a Company Code” (SAP Financials Expert, November/December 2007).“Quick Tip: Review and Analyze Document Splitting Rules in One Place” (SAP Financials Expert, January 2008).
Resources
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7 Key Points to Take Home
• Use document splitting feature in the new G/L to attain balancedreporting
• Document splitting does not change end-user entry methods• Document splitting basically consists of three options – passive,
rule-based active, and splitting using zero balancing• Passive splitting assigns splitting rules from the original
documentUsually for subsequent transactions (Vendor Payment, Customer Payment, Clearing Transactions)
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7 Key Points to Take Home (cont.)
• Active splitting uses the rules by which the items are to be split based on specific items
For example, in a vendor invoice transaction, the rule is to split the Tax Items based on the ratios of Expenses Items
• Splitting using zero balancing assures that the document is balanced for the specific characteristic
• Splitting method is the collection of splitting rules, business transactions, and business transaction variants
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